Dynamo-electric machine.



F. B. HOWELL.

DYNAMO ELECTRIC MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1907.

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FRED B. HOWELL, 0F SCHENECTAIDY, NEW YGRK, ASSIGrNOR 'IQ GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, A CORPDRATION OF NEW YURK.

DYNAMIC-ELECTRIC MACHINE.

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Application filed August 30, 190?. Serial No. 390,754.

experienced in railway motors, due to the loosening of the field coils. The coils have been held between the'tips of the pole pieces and the portions of the frame adjacent the pole pieces. The loosening has been due to inaccuracies in the castings which prevent the obtaining of uniform pressure all around the coil. In orderto overcome this defect, the parts of the frame adjacent the pole pieces were machined thus providing an accurate bearing surface, but this has been found to be an expensive process. By the use of my invention these objections are overcome.

For a full understanding of my invention, reference maybe had to the following deseription taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front View of a railway motor provided with field coil su ports in accordance with my invention, with parts broken away and in section to show the interior construction; Fig. 2, is a perspective view of a field coil mounted on a pole piece and held in place by my support, parts being cut away, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of my hat-shaped support.

The same reference numerals will be used throughout the specification and drawings to indicate like parts.

The motor frame l'is suspended from the car axle 4, the axle turning in journals, one of which is shown at 15. The motor armature 2 is keyed to the shaft 8, power being transmitted from the shaft 3 to the axle by means of gears, not shown. Brushes bear upon the commutator 17and'are supported in brush holders 16. Part 18 of the pole piece is preferably made integral with the frame 0 the motor. The other part 5 is made up of laminations which are riveted together, and this part of the pole piece has the integrally-formed tips 10.

The support is hat-shaped, as is seen in Fig. 3, and can be stamped out of sheet metal. The raised portion or crown-shaped part 7 fits over the part 18 of the pole piece.

.l-loles 11 are provided to allow the bolts 8 to pass through the support. The coil '6 is then placed about the support and rests in the flanged portion. The laminated portion 5 of the pole piece is then put in place and by tightening the bolts 8, which hold this part of the pole piece, the coil is forced into the flanged portion of the support and held snugly. Preferably there is a flanged plate 9.placed between the pole tip 10 and the coil 6.

The flanged portions of the support may be bent upwardly at their outer edges 14. This is particularly advantageous when used on a coil which is at the bottom of a railway motor, for then the lower portion of the coil is inclosed in a water-tight receptacle, and water may, therefore, rise to a considerable level in the motor before it comes into contact with the coil.

T have illustrated my invention as particularly applicable to a railway motor, but it is evident to those skilled in the art that it might be used advantageously on any dynamo-electric machine, and that certain changes may be made therein, such as building the support of parts riveted together, without departing from the spirit thereof.

What li claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

- 1. In combination with the field pole of a dynamo electric machine provided with tips, of a field coil, and a field coil support comprising a raised portion and a flanged portion, said raised portion fitting over a portion of the field pole and said flanged portion holding said coil against said pole ti s. 2. In combination with the field pole 0 a dynamo electric machine rovided with tips, of a field coil, and a field coil support com- .prising a raised portion and a flanged portion having upturned edges, substantially as described.

4. In a. dynamo-electric machine, a field coil, a part of a pole provided with tips, a frame, a part of the pole integral with the frame, a field coil support comprising a raised portion fitting over said latter part of the pole and a flanged portion holding the coil against said pole tips.

5. In a dynamo-electric machine, a field coil, a part of a pole provided With tips, a frame, a part of the pole integral With the frame, a field coil support comprising a raised portion fitting over said latter part of the pole and a flanged portion holding the coil against said pole tips, said flanged portion having upturned edges, substantially as described. 7

6. In a dynamo-electric machine, a field coil, a portion of a pole provided With tips,

senate another portion of the pole, a field coil support comprising a raised portion fitting over said latter portion of the pole and a flanged portion, said flanged portion holding the coil against the pole tips,

7. In a dynamo-electric machine, a field coil, a part of a pole provided with tips, a flanged plate fitting under said tips and over said coil, another part of the pole, a field coil support comprising a raised portion fitting over said latter part of the pole and a flanged portion holding thecoil against the flanged plate, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of August, 1907.

FRED B. HOWELL.

lVitnesses:

BENJAMIN B. HULL, C. CHRISTENSEN, J r. 

